Beatrice Chebet’s win
Paris Olympic double gold medallist, Beatrice Chebet, won the Cross Internacional de Italica in Spain on November 17.
The three-time World Cross Country champion led from gun to tape and finished alone in a strong 23:32. Kenyan-born Daisy Jepkemei representing Kazakhstan took second clocking a 23:59 performance, while Uganda’s Charity Cherop recorded a 24:35 finish time to round out the top three.
🏃♀️ ¡Qué dominio!
— Teledeporte (@teledeporte) November 17, 2024
La bicampeona olímpica Beatrice Chebet vence con autoridad la prueba femenina del @crossitalica
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The 24-year-old Olympic champion is one of the best all-time distance runners in history. She has won every race she has competed in. Chebet also holds the 10,000 metre world record clocking 28:54.14 at Hayward Field this year in May during the Diamond League.
At the 2024 Paris Olympic Games Chebet earned gold in both the 5000m and 10,000m events. She is the third all-time to double gold in the two distance events during an Olympic Games.
Chebet’s breakout race was when she was destined to finish second during the 2023 Bathurst World Cross Country Championships. Over the final 200m leader, Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey was leading, she collapsed and Chebet took over for the win. Since then she has not lost.
She is a World Athletics Female Athlete of the Year nominee for 2024.
